Appointment with Death Page #4

Good God!

He's such a nice young man usually.

Oh, no.

"To my dearest Nadine,

may we always be together. "

Lennox shouldn't have hit him.

It's no way for a gentleman to behave.

It was just a figure of speech.

Get him... Get him away from me.

Off.

All right, let's settle it down.

Take it easy.

Did you see him? He's a mad man.

These Americans, scandalous behavior.

What next, I wonder?

Next, madam, we arrive in the Holy Land.

Come along, Dr. King.

I've arranged a little priority for us.

- Priority?

- Baksheesh is the word.

Poirot.

Poirot, good to see you, old fellow.

Yes, Colonel Carbury.

May I present Dr. King?

This is Colonel Carbury.

He's an old friend of mine...

and he is responsible

for keeping the peace in this Holy Land.

Colonel.

Colonel, are you here to meet me?

I am Lady Westholme,

a member of His Majesty's government.

Your Ladyship, the Governor's representative,

Mr. Bickerstaff, is over there.

- Where have you been?

- Good morning, Lady Westholme.

Are you staying at the American Colony,

Miss King?

- We are on the same tour.

- Well, let me take you there.

Thank you.

Poirot and I are old friends.

We were together in India.

In Burma, I believe it was.

What on earth has brought you out here,

old chap?

Oh, I don't know.

A nose for murder, perhaps.

Murder? Where?

Oh, no, it hasn't happened yet.

I hope it doesn't happen.

Quite enough to keep us busy here already.

This vehicle is disgusting.

We have you down for six days

in Jerusalem, Mr. Cope...

and then Qumran for another four.

Qumran is particularly interesting.

It's on the Dead Sea.

Excuse me.

I'll wait for you here, sir.

Miss Quinton, isn't it?

Oh, you were the young man

who was involved in the incident last night.

How nice of you to call me young.

Where are you going in Palestine?

To Qumran. I'm an archaeologist.

I love digging.

I'm a lawyer. I like digging, too.

- How long have you been an archaeologist?

- About 10 years.

I'll deal with this, Nadine. Jefferson.

Would you excuse me?

I think it best, Jefferson, if you

distanced yourself from us for a while.

As a matter of fact, Emily, I have only just

made arrangements to forego Jerusalem.

I will be going directly to Qumran to dig.

Digging too much can be dangerous.

Jerusalem was the capital

of Judea and Samaria.

The Jewish people had a state here

in Biblical times.

Yes, now they flock in

from every country in Europe.

Makes a lot of trouble for us,

I can tell you.

Well, I thought that man, Weizmann,

put it rather well the other day...

before Lord Peel's commission

here in Jerusalem.

"There are six million Jews in Europe,"

he said...

"for whom the world is divided

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